La. Sinkhole Grows, Just Misses Highway, Takes Work Pad

Local officials at the Louisiana sinkhole disaster site announced Saturday morning that the monster swallowed most of the work pad and more land, this time to the north, toward the highway, a main artery connecting east to west in the southern part of the state. "Another slough in that occurred overnight on the north side of the sinkhole," Assumption Parish officials advised Saturday morning. "The slough in took approximately 3/4 of the north work pad and trees to the north of the sinkhole. The maount lost into the giant hole is estimated to be about a section of 50' x 75' on the north side of the sinkhole.



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